Liga MX: Atlas are 9 points after León, but are motivated to go full throttle. Bring it on!
- Atlas is in the worst form (0-3-3)
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Atlas form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Atlas have to build on here at Estadio Jalisco in the Liga MX.
The supporters hope that Atlas will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the CONCACAF Champions League fixture against Olimpia. The talented striker Furch bettered all others in that game and received a match rating of 7.35 out of 10. Furch scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Before that, Atlas played out a Liga MX draw 1-1 when visiting Tijuana.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Atlas have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 5 and lost 5.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the CONCACAF Champions League game versus Olimpia in only three days. This game is also played here at Estadio Jalisco.
Atlas has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Atlas's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
León form and stats
There's been little loot from León's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Liga MX. León only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
Two away matches in a row for León, whose manager Larcamón could celebrate last time after the CONCACAF Champions League win against Tauro. Moreno, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.8. Moreno scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Atletico San Luis in the Liga MX.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by León in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for León, 3 draws and 9 defeats.
León struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the squads played each other previously this season; León - Atlas 4-2. Head to head data (for the last ten meetings): Atlas won two games, three matches ended in a draw and León managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Di Yorio 11 goals |   J. Quiñones Quiñones 9 goals |  V. Dávila Zavala 6 goals |
Atlas missing players
León missing players
| Atlas | León | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 28 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 36 |
| 42 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 37 |
| 89% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 79% | 89% |
| 67% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 67% |
| 44% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 52% |
| 37% | 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 21% | 30% |
| 15% | 7% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 21% | 22% |
| 56% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 52% |
| 15% | 21% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 30% |
| 41% | 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 30% |
| 4.6 | 5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.6 |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 6.1 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 12.6 | 13 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 10.2 | 13 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| 30% | 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 26% | 30% |
| 15 | 13.9 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 14 | 12.7 |
| 4.5 | 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
- Atlas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atlas is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | America | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Monterrey | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 35 |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 33 |
| 4 | Pachuca | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 | Tigres UANL | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 30 |
| 6 | Toluca | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | Cruz Azul | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 22 | -8 | 24 |
| 8 | Puebla | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Guadalajara | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | León | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 22 |
| 11 | Juarez | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Necaxa | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Atletico San Luis | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | Mazatlan | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 15 | Tijuana | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 17 |
| 16 | Pumas UNAM | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 14 |
| 17 | Atlas | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 13 |
| 18 | Queretaro | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 9 |
